KARACHI, June 21: Suggestions have been sought from citizens to name the country’s tallest structure ‘IT Tower’ to be constructed by the City District Government of Karachi in collaboration with private sector. The construction of proposed 46-floor tower will start after signing of agreement among the city government, Malaysian and Indian firms in the first week of July.

The decision was taken at a briefing given to City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal about IT Tower and 24-km-long Quaidabad-Jinnah Bridge Elevated Expressway projects on Wednesday. DCO Fazlur Rehman, EDOs and representatives of both the foreign companies attended the briefing.

Deputy Chief Executive of IJM Corporation Berhad, Malaysia, Goh Chye Koon, told the participants of the meeting that five out of 46 floors of the proposed tower would be reserved for parking and other five floors for city government offices.

The building would have a 1000-seat call centre besides seminar auditorium, library, health centre, guestroom with capacity to accommodate 65 persons and other facilities including automatic car parking rims, he said, adding it would be the most modern structure. The project would be completed in the shortest possible time, he added.

Speaking on the occasion, the city nazim said with construction of flyovers, underpasses, expressways and the tallest building, Karachi would enter into a new era.

He said that Karachi was being developed as an international business city and with the completion of ongoing uplift projects, doors of employment would be opened for about 30,000 educated and skilled youths.—PPI